Bent County register., 1887-04-16
ROCKY FORD,
a. Boom That Is A Bo om
THE FIRST DAYS SALES Foor Up TO
s77,57O,oS AND REACHED
100000 THURSDAY NIGHT.
a DAY OF WONDER EVEN TO
TOWN BOOMERS.

Monday evening attached to the
regular passenger train west was
| two coaches for the use of excursion
lists gong to Rocky Ford. On their
arrival here there were already many
excursionists on board from towns
down in Kansas who were reinforced
at Lamar by eighty passengers de-
sirous of obtaining an interest in the
new wonder or bent on pleasure.
All the towns between here and
Rocky Ford added to the number
until the train was crowded. The
Lamar Cornet Band was on board
and played lively airs at each station
Oh the way up. Arriving at Rocky
Ford our train load found that the
extra train from Pueblo and the
people who had come from appar-
emily everywhere had possession of
even the standing room in the large
hotel and the night would be spent
on the cars which turned out to be
one of fun and little rest. Early
Tuesday morning the excursionists
were out looking over the town site
which is well calculated to cause
desire to own All interest. There
were alfalfa fields near By, orchards
with trees in bloom, groves of young
timber in town, Irrigating bitches
here and there running full of water,
and many things to excite interest
besides lhe advantageous lay of the
town site. At 8 O'Clock the Lamar
band gave serenade in front of
the Seeley Hotel and at 10 the sale
began in the large store of Hendricks
Bros. Here the buyers stood pack
ed like sardines III box, many of
whom did not surrender their places
Tor dinner and ate crackers and
cheese rather than leave for supper.
The sales during the day amounted
to Sc, enty seven thousand, five hun
dred and seventy dollars and sixty
eight cents. There was over fifty
contracts signed to put up buildings
to be completed within sixty days.
The result of the sale was surprise
to everybody IN attendance and a
regular eye opener to those that had
never witnessed the starting of n
town by professionals. Rocky Ford
now has large two story adobe
hotel, II large general store, post
office, two blacksmith shops, q livery
stable, two saloons and altogether
tlnrty-fve or forty houses to start
with, The place has become noted
for the vegetables, fruits and farm
products raised there for years
which greatly assisted in making
the sale so good. Rocky Ford Is
sixty-six miles west of Lamar, eleven
miles west OF La Junta and fifty
miles east of Pueblo. The town
company say they will have good
town there and it certainly looks
that way.
PERSONAL POINTS AND POINTERS.
w. w. Louden sold excursion
tickets at Coolidge and G.. q. -Anent
did ike duty ut Las Animas.
j. w. Decker was conductor on
the excursion.
Our conductor wore aplug hat
and it was not punched.
Among the ladies to accompany
the excursion from Lamar were
Mrs J J Munger, Mrs Porter,
Mrs ID Igo, Mrs Z J Rabb, Mrs w X
Davis. Mrs J L Godding, Mrs
Fergus, Miss Bertha Gray, Miss
Porter, Miss Alta Porter, Miss
Mamie and Miss Carrie Cooper,
Misses Mamie, Edith and Jennie
Craddock, and Mrs f G Descent,
and Mis-. Chapman who went up TO
the Ford the day before.
4. J. Rabb made mistake and
handed the conductor Lotus Club
ticket instead of his excursion ticket.
The conductor said he did not want
TO dance.
The most provoking occurrence
was the band played Home, sweet
home about the time everybody
was SO tired they wished they had
stayed at home.
Ben Colthar had better time
than anybody.
Gapt. Munger supplied his car
with cigars.
When the young folks of Lamar
start out to have good time, they
manage to have more fun than
anybody.
Some of the ladies invested i'll
town lots